Do you work or volunteer in an AIDS service organization? Would you like more information on the evolution of state-of-the-art clinical care and knowledge for HIV and Hep C co-infection? To learn more, please join Casey House for a half day workshop on June 3, 2010. Space is limited. RSVP is required. For more details and to register, please refer to the event poster.

Are you interested in examining the issues that shape young men’s experience of health and the health system? Planned Parenthood Toronto will offer a training workshop on June 3, 2010, for health service workers to better understand the mental health, self-esteem, sexual health and relationship issues facing young men. For more details and to register, please visit the Planned Parenthood website.

Come to Winnipeg to participate in Making Connections, the 5th Summer Institute of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health on June 28 to 30, 2010. The conference will engage participants on knowledge synthesis, translation and exchange approaches and tools necessary for bridging the knowledge gap between primary health researchers, front line practitioners and policy makers, inspiring change and improving public health. For more details and to register, visit the event website.

You are invited to attend the 18th International Congress on Palliative Care, to be held October 5-8, 2010 at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Canada. Presented by the Palliative Care Division of the Departments of Medicine and Oncology of McGill University, this biennial Congress has grown to become one of the premier international events in palliative care. Abstracts on all aspects of end-of-life and palliative care are welcome. The deadline to submit a poster abstract is May 31, 2010. For more information, to register or to submit an abstract for the Congress, please visit the Congress website.

The Ontario HIV and Substance Use Training Program (OHSUTP), operated by Fife House, is seeking a Provincial Trainer to assist with the training of substance use, mental health, and allied service providers, and to coordinate, facilitate and deliver training and other communication strategies. Working from Toronto, this position requires extensive travel throughout the province of Ontario. The deadline to apply is June 8, 2010. For more details and to apply, please refer to the job posting.

The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) is inviting applications for the positions of: 1) Educator to organize, develop and deliver information workshops across Canada, 2) Writer/Researcher, Hepatitis C Program to coordinate research and development on Hepatitis C program information, and 3) Educator, Hepatitis C Program to develop, design, organize and deliver workshop and training curriculum modules on hepatitis C across Canada. The deadline to apply is June 9, 2010. For more information and to apply, please visit the CATIE website.

The HIV/AIDS Research Initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is seeking input from stakeholders across the country to help identify research priorities in the area of HIV/AIDS and comorbidities. Persons living with HIV/AIDS, clinicians, researchers and others interested in the issues of comorbidities and HIV/AIDS are invited to complete a short, confidential survey. The input received will help guide future CIHR investments in research. The survey is open from May 21 to June 18, 2010. To complete the survey, visit the CIHR website.